The Map | Chun Yu |
The Map | Chun Yu |
In collaboration with San Francisco poet Chun Yu and calligrapher Aiqin Zhou, “The Map” is a bilingual publication, printed in both English and Chinese on a single sheet.
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“I felt that in a vast world of uncertainty, it was ‘The Map’ of love which guided and led us to each other.”
Arion dedicates this broadside to the Graduating Class of 2021, their families, and their teachers who have persevered through the greatest global pandemic in 100 years.
When award-winning bilingual poet, graphic novelist, scientist and translator Chun Yu was visiting her parents in China, in early 2020, she had no idea it would be the last time she would see them for over a year. During lockdown in San Francisco, “The Map” took on yet another layer of meaning—“I felt that in a vast world of uncertainty, it was 'The Map’ of love which guided and led us to each other.”
250 copies of “The Map” have been printed by letterpress on vintage handmade paper from metal types cast on-site for the project. Titling calligraphy was contributed by Aiqin Zhou, an internationally renowned artist and calligrapher. The calligraphy and traditional Chinese Kaiti characters were printed by polymer plate. The broadsides are wrapped in a tri-panel folder imprinted with Arion’s dedication and Yu’s introduction.
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“The Map” Broadside Publication Party is on Sunday, June 27, 2021, 3–5pm at Arion Press. In person or via Zoom. Details.
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FREE AUDIO: Listen to Chun Yu read her entire poem, “The Map,” in English or Chinese. Run time 05:13.
Hear fans from around the globe #ReadingTheMap.
“Chun Yu’s poetry creates sense and order that readers young and old, eastern and western, will appreciate.”
“‘The Map’ conveys a profound understanding of the vital bond between parent and child as it is imprinted into both paper and the consciousness of all who read the poem. May the map of love offer the English and Chinese speaking worlds an important opportunity to connect and appreciate each others’ common humanity.”
“Amazing, Chun Yu. Such powerful words with inspirational imagery and foundation. You send us all back home only to those places that love us and cultivate us.”
“Thank you, Chun Yu, for your powerful, clear words... I’m amazed by anyone who can write poetry in another language, especially ones so unrelated as Chinese and English. You are so eloquent in English. I am in awe!”
Production Details
250 unnumbered copies
7-½ by 10-½ inches, with one deckled edge
Imprinted on vintage handmade paper
Enclosed in a tan tri-panel, parchment-like jacket